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MODERN ART

About Me

Modern Art is the combination of Lynette Williams and Ben Thomas. Lynette is a singer/songwriter from Ridgewood, NJ whose been singing from a young age and writing her songs since the age of 16. She has a beautiful voice, sometimes known to bring audience members to tears, and a songwriting style that is truly unlike anything else out there. She creates music that is complex and simple, dark and joyful, abstract and tangible, sometimes all in the same verse. She draws inspiration not only from other musicians but from visual art, poetry, and films. Ben is from Murfreesboro, TN and began playing the guitar at the age of 13. He started with blues and psychedelic rock and was later introduced to jazz. He spent most of his high school career hanging around older musicians, learning the tricks of the trade and the gritty rock and roll life style. He is interested in philosophy and literature, and is obsessed with music and sound. The two met at a Berklee summer program in 2004. They started performing together once they were both full time students at Berklee with Lynette writing the songs and Ben adding layers of sound to what Lynette was creating. They’ve performed mostly as a duo, sometimes bringing other musicians into the mix. Their sound is a mixture of soul, pop, blues, rock, folk, jazz, with a little twang, or in fewer words, indie soul.WE'RE ON YOUTUBE: LYNETTE WILLIAMS AND BEN THOMAS LIVE AT THE BITTER END (COME ALL E READY)CHECK US OUT AT: WWW.MEETATALENT.COM (UNDER NEW TALENT)!!!!!!!

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Member Since: 4/1/2006
Band Website: modartband.com
Band Members: Lynette Williams(voice and acoustic guitar), Ben Thomas (electric guitar)
Influences: Feist, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Keith Jarrett, Tom Waits, Nick Drake, The Band, Albert Ayler, MF Doom, Radiohead, Television, Townes Van Zandt, Donny Hathaway, Chaka Khan, Jimi Hendrix, Lauryn Hill, The Strokes, Hall & Oates, Bob Marley, India.Aire, Johann Sebastian Bach, Norah Jones, Talib Kweli, Sade, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Weezer, Coltrane, Nick Drake, Mingus, New Order
Sounds Like: Modern Art
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

First Blog, First Gig

Hello everyone, this is our first blog! We're going to start with the first gig we ever played together. It was in Boston at a place called All Asia (this is a story for our behind the music). We walk...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:41:00 GMT